New York A 4444: Grants mental health practitioners the authority to diagnose in certain United States veterans administration facilities

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A04444 Summary:

BILL NOA04444 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03931

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SPONSORMiller

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COSPNSRCashman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §7808, Ed L

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Adopts the Interstate Massage Compact to support the mobility of licensed massage therapists by creating an additional licensing pathway to create reciprocity among participant states and reduce the barriers to license portability.

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BILL NOA04444 

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02/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4444

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adopting the Inter-
 state Massage Compact

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 7808
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 7808. Interstate massage compact. The Interstate massage compact is
 4 hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally
 5 joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
 6 INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT
 7 ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE
 8 The purpose of this Compact is to reduce the burdens on State govern-
 9 ments and to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of
 10 Massage Therapy with the goal of improving public access to, and the
 11 safety of, Massage Therapy Services. Through this Compact, the Member
 12 States seek to establish a regulatory framework which provides for a new
 13 multistate licensing program. Through this additional licensing pathway,
 14 the Member States seek to provide increased value and mobility to
 15 licensed massage therapists in the Member States, while ensuring the
 16 provision of safe, competent, and reliable services to the public.
 17 This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives, and the
 18 Member States hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto:
 19 A. Increase public access to Massage Therapy Services by providing for
 20 a multistate licensing pathway;
 21 B. Enhance the Member States' ability to protect the public's health
 22 and safety;
 23 C. Enhance the Member States' ability to prevent human trafficking and
 24 licensure fraud;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07083-01-5

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 1 D. Encourage the cooperation of Member States in regulating the multi-
 2 state Practice of Massage Therapy;
 3 E. Support relocating military members and their spouses;
 4 F. Facilitate and enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative,
 5 and disciplinary information between the Member States;
 6 G. Create an Interstate Commission that will exist to implement and
 7 administer the Compact;
 8 H. Allow a Member State to hold a Licensee accountable, even where
 9 that Licensee holds a Multistate License;
 10 I. Create a streamlined pathway for Licensees to practice in Member
 11 States, thus increasing the mobility of duly licensed massage thera-
 12 pists; and
 13 J. Serve the needs of licensed massage therapists and the public
 14 receiving their services, however
 15 K. Nothing in this compact is intended to prevent a state from enforc-
 16 ing its own laws regarding the practice of massage therapy.
 17 ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS
 18 As used in this Compact, except as otherwise provided and subject to
 19 clarification by the Rules of the Commission, the following definitions
 20 shall govern the terms herein:
 21 A. "Active Military Member" - any person with full-time duty status in
 22 the armed forces of the United States, including members of the National
 23 Guard and Reserve.
 24 B. "Adverse Action" - any administrative, civil, equitable, or crimi-
 25 nal action permitted by a Member State's laws which is imposed by a
 26 Licensing Authority or other regulatory body against a Licensee, includ-
 27 ing actions against an individual's Authorization to Practice such a